Road-rage incident erupts into brawl

Published: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 7:32 p.m.

Last Modified: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 7:32 p.m.

A traffic maneuver led to a road-rage incident that fueled a brawl at the intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and State Road 326 in Marion County, tying up traffic on Friday evening.

While no one was arrested because officers could not determine who was the aggressor, Marion County Sheriff's Office reports paint a wild scene just after 4:30 p.m.

It all started when a motor home allegedly pulled out in front of a tractor trailer just inside the city limits in the 2800 block of North Pine Avenue, according to reports.

For the next three miles, the two drivers drove aggressively toward one another, cutting each other off in traffic and yelling back and forth, deputies said. During the yelling, the motor home operator reportedly yelled that he had a firearm, reports state.

When the two reached the red light at the intersection of U.S. 441 and S.R. 326, they got out of their vehicles and confronted one another. The driver of the semi came out with a large ratchet pipe because he feared the motor home driver indeed had a firearm, according to reports.

A third driver, who is friends with the semi driver and was behind him during the incident, also got out of his pickup truck. The three began to brawl. All three men suffered slight bruising during the scuffle, but after deputies arrived none seemed eager to pursue charges against one another, reports state.

The motor home driver did have a concealed weapons permit, but told deputies he had left his firearm at home.

<p>A traffic maneuver led to a road-rage incident that fueled a brawl at the intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and State Road 326 in Marion County, tying up traffic on Friday evening.</p><p>While no one was arrested because officers could not determine who was the aggressor, Marion County Sheriff's Office reports paint a wild scene just after 4:30 p.m.</p><p>It all started when a motor home allegedly pulled out in front of a tractor trailer just inside the city limits in the 2800 block of North Pine Avenue, according to reports.</p><p>For the next three miles, the two drivers drove aggressively toward one another, cutting each other off in traffic and yelling back and forth, deputies said. During the yelling, the motor home operator reportedly yelled that he had a firearm, reports state.</p><p>When the two reached the red light at the intersection of U.S. 441 and S.R. 326, they got out of their vehicles and confronted one another. The driver of the semi came out with a large ratchet pipe because he feared the motor home driver indeed had a firearm, according to reports.</p><p>A third driver, who is friends with the semi driver and was behind him during the incident, also got out of his pickup truck. The three began to brawl. All three men suffered slight bruising during the scuffle, but after deputies arrived none seemed eager to pursue charges against one another, reports state.</p><p>The motor home driver did have a concealed weapons permit, but told deputies he had left his firearm at home.</p><p>The incident tied up traffic and elicited numerous 911 calls from passing motorists, authorities said.</p>